Situation of human rights in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Calls for the full and consistent implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the annexes thereto (collectively the "Peace Agreement") and the Basic Agreement on the Region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (the "Basic Agreement"); expresses its serious concern about continuing human rights violations within Bosnia and Herzegovina, including forcible expulsion of individuals from homes and restrictions on freedom of movement between the Republika Srpska and the Federation; urges all parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina immediately to create conditions conducive to the safe and voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons to their pre-war homes, and calls upon all entities to repeal property laws which prevent pre-war residents from returning to their homes; urges all States and relevant organizations to provide necessary medical and psychological care to victims of rape to rehabilitate women and children traumatized by war; calls upon the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to undertake substantially greater efforts to institute democratic norms to ensure the speedy and consistent investigation of acts of discrimination and violence against refugees and to allow for the return of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia nationals and refugees currently outside its territory; urgently demands that the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia take immediate action to put an end to the repression of, and prevent violence against, on-Serb populations in Kosovo, and also to respect the rights of persons belonging to minority groups in the Sandjak and Vojvodina and of persons belonging to the Bulgarian minority and to allow the immediate, unconditional return of the long-term mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to Kosovo, the Sandjak and Vojvodina, as called for in Security Council resolution 855 (1993).

Adopted 133-2-27, 70th meeting

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Adopted at the 70th plenary meeting, 12 Dec. 1997.